As well as being an incredible songwriter and performer, Nina Simone was a tireless activist within the civil rights movement, which often influenced her music.

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On the evening of Oct. 10, Doudna Fine Arts Center hosted Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, a concert dedicated ...

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Ahead of the release of the the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, Joan Baez's “Diamonds & Rust,” which is about her ...

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